Combined sword and pistol.



J KRASNODEMSKL COMBINED SWORD AND PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1.1916.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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COMBINED SWORD AND PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I, I916.

I Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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J. KRASNODEMSKI.

COMBINED SWORD AND PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1,1916.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

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4SH'EETS-SHEET 4- 7 I a I JOHN KRas wE-Msm APPLICATION FILED NOV 1 I9l6 r '20that the 'hand1e0f the sword is not. obstruct [,A further [object of the invention'f'is; to.

pro'vide 'f-a plurality 16f, "sefety'lf locks which i p pre'ye'nt' -;t he-. pistol r jrorn UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE." I 301m xeAsnoiJieMsnI, wntrshn, wrscorrsrm-hssmnor; oi!" mvE-oifE-HUnnnE prns 9. m me e ne m J 1,23 ,527, e anationuartersrum." t t u 23 -19117, p I A pnmuoimeema ner-1,1916. -SerialNo..128,95 9. 11 held in; .an operative position, reven'ti'ng a Be it known thetl, JOHN*KRA81IQDEMSKI,1"the forward .m t f th g i g pi a citizen of the United, St'ates, res1ding at but which- .when turned over .andiheld by ,'Wausau in-the county of-,Merathonand 'th e gms bffbhe h d. on the hflbwiu B'f-State of 'Wisconsin; have invented .certeinf f the" firing "of the cartridge-by P ess re -1 f new and useful lmlprovements in Combined upon the trigger: r I

'S words and Piste s Eing is a. specification, reference being bad t the accompanying drawings, i This invention relates'toermsend pa ieularlyoto combined fire arms and swords;

The general objeet of the invention is provide a pistol in connectionwith. a, sword; thejpistol eing so disposed. that it maybe- 15Qread11y operated .when the swordjismsed v but will notinterfere with. the 11 th I: swordzitse'lf. I i w Que of ,the objects of j the invention 11 s 420 so ig (instruct 11a combined sword end-{pistol} T 0011 whomjz't may o oncem:

,.-of;'which the follow- Still another "bjeet isto 'provideen eddit onalg'safety fdevi'ce, preventing the"firiiig the cartridge when the-ewordwie' in-its" Scabbard.-

Q Still another object. is to prevent. His ghar e ofthe cartridge unless'it fitsf'firmly mgt echamber,endntdflprovide. a'

edin'einyyyray by the addition ofthe' pistol vandthat theweight-of the sword is not ap- :preciably inereesedhby the addition'of the "-pistohmechanism to thehilt .of the sWord."- :i*

0 f rm-pf my provide he magazine pistol in 'coniiection with a sword, the magazine being; so strueted- V thatk-clip's -containingj a. ":predet'e mined numberof-cartridges may sed ;Jinj-eonneethntherewith; v v

" Still another objectpf thepinvention o .theffiring'ehamber." p, A? u t ie iee n hi "eon e i l I, provide-Z thereafter for-gthe pentometi "1ng or retrglctiqn oi the firing pin 'by it recoi1'-of the'ehelrgefij A i urtherl'. object is tQ-providejme'tn normally preventing-the .firin'g of themes, tridge" in the chamber,- consisting" amember'mounte upon theFhiitnor ail L4 retraeted; end'e cartridge j6 lee fragmentary' -side j f e e i h w and, e.-'-port1en 0f 1 1111i e ewe r d e'eie ti ie pee .100;

in and door for the same, the view being taEen on the opposite side of the sword from that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sleeve which carries the breech block;

Fig. 8 is an under side plan view of the sleeve shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a cross section on the line 99 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 10 is a perspectiie view of the bed or cradle which supports a portion of the operating mechanism, the barrel and the. upper end of the magazine;

Fig. 11 is a perspectiveview of the safety lock operating mechanism;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line 12 12 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the firlng in- Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the sear and associated parts, the several parts thereof being separated;

Fig. 16 is a top plan view of the sear;

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the breech block retracting rod and its tubular guide;

Fig. 18 is a cross section on the line 18-18 of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is'a perspective view of the yoke for retracting the rod 45;

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of the breech block retracting member. I

Fig. 21 is an under side plan v ew with the magazine and frame in section and the rear end of the guard in section;

Fig. 22 is a longitudinal sectional view of the breech block and its slide 18 showing the same in its for'ward position and the lock 79 raised and in its operative position;

Fig. 23 is a like view to Fig. 22 but showing the slide shifted forward and the lock 79 in its inoperative position;

Fig. 24 is a fragmentary longitudinal sec tional view of the rear end of the barrel and a portion of the breech block showing the retractor;

Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28 are diagrammatic views showing the operation of the mechanism, Fig. 25 showing the position of the parts before a cartridge has passed into the barrel, Fig. 26 showing the slide and firing pin retracted and the firing pin held, a cartridge being shifted into the firing chamber,

Fig. 27 showing the parts with the slide shifted to close the breech but the firing pin still retracted, and Fig. 28 is a like view to Fig. 26 but showing the old cartridge being ejected by the fresh cartridge entering the firing chamber.

The sword is of the usual form and consists of the blade 10, the hilt 11 and the guard 12. The blade is disposed to one side of the axial longitudinal plane of the hilt in order to provide for the barrel, pistol,

the magazine, and the firing and locking mechanism. The barrel is disposed parallel and adjacent to the side of the blade and preferably to the left hand side of the blade. The hilt 11 is hollow and may be formed of any number of sections, though as illustrated it is formed of the two sections a and b on each side intermediate the longitudinally extending sections, the side face of the hilt, as illustrated in Fig. 1, being provided with the wooden inserts 0 whereby to'provide for a proper grip on the handle of the sword. It is to be understood that this is purely illustrative as the hilt of the sword may be constructed in any suitable manner and of any suitable material and have any other desired form than that illustrated, it being only necessary that the hilt be hollow to contain the mechanism to be hereafter described. The hilt is extended forward beyond the guard to form a housing 13 and within this housing is disposed the barrel 14 which at its rear has a lug 15. On its under side, the barrel is formed with ribs 16 (see Fig. 10), these ribs engaging with the ribs on a bed or cradle piece designated generally 17. Y

Surrounding the upper uortion of the barrel 14 and disposed between the barrel and the upper wall OI the hilt 11 and its extension 13 is an approximately semi-cylindrical slide 18 (see Figs. 7, 8 and 9). This slide has a relatively long rear wall 19 which extends downward below the'upper portion of the slide and forms a hollow breech block 20, the forward end of the breech block being perforated. At the forward end. of the guard is formed a magazine receiving frame constituted by the forward wall 21 of the guard and a parallel wall 22 and the side walls 23 (see Figs. 2 and 3). The

lower end of the magazine frame is open for the reception of the magazine clip 24. This is rectangular in cross section, has a sliding fit in the frame, and is open at its upper end. Disposed therein is a follower 25 (see Fig. 4) urged upward by a spring 26. The lower end of the clip is closed'by a wall 27, having an outwardly projecting rib 28 which limits the upward movement of the magazine clip and the clip is held in place by a pivoted dog 29'having a knurled head 30 which overlaps the lower end of the clip and is urged into this position by a spring 31. This dog is pivoted in a recess formed in the inner face of the wall 21, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. By shifting this dog rearward, the clip may be readily withdrawn from the magazine frame and a new clip inserted. When the clip is in position its upper end is disposed immediately beneath the breech block 20 and the cartridges are discharged into the chamber 31 formed by the retracted breech block, the slide or sleeve 18 and the rear of the barrel 14, as shown l i the trigger mechanism which in turn re-' the plane of the shank 60 and is provided in Fig. Slidingly mounted in the thick- I extending lug (see Fig.17) and the rod opened rearI-wall 19 of the slide 18 is a firing erates through a tubular guide 55, the forpin 32 (see Fig. 14) which has a pointed ward portion of which is slotted at 56 for head 33, adapted to project through-the per- .the passage of the lug 46. The rear end of foration in the breech block, and a cylinthe tubular guide 55 passes through the drical hollow barrel 32 and rearward exten member 39 and into a block or cross bar 57, sion 34, the extremity'of which extension is as shown in Fig. 4. The rod 45 at its 'forformed with a detent 35. The barrel 32 at Ward end passes through-a head 59 having its rear end is formed with a downwardly .10

15 against the head 33. Thus the slide 18 and guide 55. The lug 46 engages this head and 'pin is retracted, as seen in Fig. 5. 'The late extending detent tooth 36. The extension Fig.- 7), this head 59 being formed with a or rod 34 passesthrough an apertured guide circular passage 61 through which the guide lug 37 on the rear end of the bed plate 17, 55 passes. N This circular opening or pas- (see Fig. 10) this lug 37 .constituting an sage 61 is large enough to accommodate the abutment for a spring 38 which surrounds tubular guide 55 and permit the-head to the rod 34 and bears at its forward end slide backward and forward on this tubular a longitudinally extending shank 60 (see' the firing pin and its rod 34 have independslides in the slot 56. It will, therefore, be

ent sliding movement. obvious that a retraction of the rod '45, by a Adjacent the rear end of the hilt is a manual retraction of the yoke formed by member 39 constituting a transverse wall or the cross bar 49 and the rods 50, will cause abutment and formed on its upper portion a retraction of this head 59 and as the shank with an open ended chamber 40 in which is 60 of this head is attached to the semi-cylinq mounted a pivoted latch or detent 41, this drical slide18, a retraction of the rod will latch being U-shaped in cross section, as cause a retractlon of this shde 18 and are shown most clearly in Fig. 13. This latch tractlon of the breech block and this of has a detent tooth 42 which coacts with the course, bearing as it does against the fortoothed end of the rod 34 when the firin v ing pin, will cause a retraction of the firing 1s urged downward into its-operative position pin to such an extent that the toothed end by a spring 43, as shown in Fig. 3, which 35 of the firing pin willengage with the spring bears against a laterally projecting latch 41,and the parts will have the position pin 44 on the latch. When the latch is enillustrated in Fig. 5. The form of the head -gaged with the extremity of the firing pin 59 With the shank .60 is illustrated particu- 34 it will hold the firing pin in its retracted larly in Fig. 20 and it will be seen that this position until the firing pin is released by head 59 is laterally extended to-one side of leases the detent or latch 41 from its engagewith a notch 62 which supports and guides means of a pull rod 45 which at its forward turn under the action of the spring 54 and '-end is formed with a lug 46 and at its rear that this will return the slide 18 to 1ts origispring 38 to urge the firing 40 tridge. .The slide 18 and the firing pin, the latch 42, the yoke formed'by the cross finger grips.

ment with the firing pin, permitting the -the rear end of the firing pin rod 34. It pin forward will likewise be seen that after. the end of from its rearward position against the carthe firing pin rod 34 has been engaged by which is connected with it, are retracted by bar 49 may be released and allowed to reis formed with a head 47 connected by a nal position, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with screw 48 to a transversely extending cross the firing pin, however, retracted and in pobar 49 forming a yoke haying longitudinally extending side rods 50 (see Fig. 19). tuation of the trigger, whereby the latch 41 These rods at their rear ends are toothed as is raised from its engagement with the deat 51 and operate in guide ways 52 formed tent 35. I

in the side wall of thehilt at the butt there- The trigger mechanism is illustrated in of, the guide ways being normally covered detail in Figs 4, 11 and 15 and in Fig. 2. by plates 53 held to the body of the hilt by As before stated, the rear end of the hollow H screws. The ends of the cross bar 49 project head 32 is provided with a downwardly ex- I 55 beyonrl the rods 50 and areknurled to form tending detent tooth 36 and engageable The toothed faces 51 of the with this detent tooth isa sear 63. This sear rods 50 and the knurled extremities of the is bifurcated at its forward end as-at 64 cross bar 49 permit a firm hold to be taken and is mounted upon an arbor 65. The rear of the yoke between the finger and thumb end of the sear is formed with a downward of the operator so that the yoke may be and rearward extension. 66 having thereona withdrawn against the force of a spring laterally'projecting lug 67.

which tends to urge the. rod 45 forward, this upon the arbor between the cars 68 of the spring being designated 54 and illustrated sear is a lever 69 having a curved upper in Fig. 4. The rod 45, as before stated, at face 70 and a tooth 71 adapted to engage its forward end is formed with an upwardly with a recess 72 formed in the forward end ward end of the hollow head 32 of the firsition to explode the cartridge upon an ac- Also pivoted this trigger being disposed upon the exterior.

of the metal housing formed of the sections a andb. This trigger is normally covered or partially covered by a plate 76, as illustrated in Fig. 1, but the extremity 77 of the trigger projects, beyond this plate and is formed with an enlarged 'thumb piece. -When the thumb piece '77 .is' de- 'pressed, the shaft or arbor '74: is rotated,

which causes the rotation of the cam 73, and this in'turnrotates the lever 69 .1111- til its tooth 71 engages with the sear above its pivotal axis. and rotates the sear in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 15, thus retracting the toothed extremity of the sear from its engagement with the detent 36. Also mounted upon the arbor 65, with its ends disposed between the ears 68, is a mem-' ber 79 which is upwardly and rearwardly curved and provided at its extremity with a laterally projecting lug 80 which engages against a shoulder 81 formed on the sear. The opposite face of the member 79 is formed with a laterally projecting flange 82 and a spring 83 bears upward against this flange, oneend of the spring being supported upon the stud 84:, and the other bearing against the upper edge of the forward end of the sear. his spring 83 acts to force upward the member 79 which thus, through its nose 80, acts to force upward the sear.

. and urge the sear into position to be engaged by the detent 36. When, however,

the trigger is operated, the free end of the sear will be-depressed from its engagement with the tooth 36 and the firing pin'will be i .1 released. Means are also provided in con nection with this trigger mechanism'for preventing the explosion of the shell 'or cartridge unless the cartridge is firmly seated in the firing chamber. This mea us will be described later, however.

The latch 41 is a safety which normally zg prevents the projection of the firing pin; after it has been retracted to its .operative" position and in orderetoiprovide means for shifting this.safety "to fits inoperative p0- through the, medium of the tri ger,.I mount in the lower portion of the hilt a longitudinally extending shaft 86. .A portionofg this shaft is enlarged and screw threaded" M287 and this enlarged screw threaded per-.1

sition so ,asto permit the firing of the gun.

tionfoperates. in a screw-threademyiongil slidable, sleeve 88, as shown most.

forward end of; the shaft ire-"mounted. a supportingaweb88, "while; the rear and f end of which is fixedly attached to the member 57 by means of a pin or screw 90. The

spring 89, therefore, acts to rotate this shaft in one direction. The shaft 86 for a portion of its length is exposed upon the under side of the hilt which is cut away for the purpose as at 91 (see Fig. 1), and attached to this exposed portion of the shaft is a finger piece 92. The spring normally acts to rotate the shaft so as to carry the finger piece to the left and against the under side of the hilt. The finger piece may be rotated by means of the fingers of the hand so as to project to the right of the hilt and this action rotates the shaft 86 and shifts the sleeve 88 longitudinally along the shaft toward the rear thereof. The forward end of the sleeve is closed by a piece 93 which carries upon it a flat longitudinally extended finger 94; (see Fig. 11) which finger, in the normal position of the sleeve, is disposed above the rear end of a safety latch 95,

the forward end of which is bifurcated and engaged with the pin 67 which projects from the downward extension 'of the sear 63, this latch 95 being pivoted intermediate 94 has been withdrawn from engagement.

with this latch. The downwardly extending rear end of the latch 95 i's'iformed with a small recess 96 (see F ig. 13). ,within which the finger 94: is adapted to engage when the parts are in the positions shown in Figs.

4 and 5. Mounted upon the/sliding sleeve 88 is .a laterally and upwardly? directed finger .97 whose upper and rear end is'disposed in averticalplane and which enters into'a -.reess"98formed= af ivotecl member 99- which, asillustratedl in ig. 3, is pivoted at "100 and whose upperedge bears against the lug''wliiolfiprojects laterally from the 1atch.,.41ji'II?;-l \7hen the. partsiare in the position'shown F and in. Figs. 4: and 5,

thefpivotedffnember- 99 is depressed by the pring '43 which; holds the latch 41 in en-v Y .gagem'ent -withthe'tooth'" 35 on the firing 111. ,.When, howeven'the shaft 86 is rotated i in one direction 'bya rotation of the finger "flpiec'e 92, the sleeve 88 will be shiftedrear ward, carrying withit the finger 97." This. vfingerwillenterzthe recess 98, thus shiftin the ,pivotedmember 99 or tumbler-[upward fl; and-{raising the latch'from its engagement 1 125 with the tooth'35 so as to permit theoperationi-of [the trigger75 andfthearelease of theifiringtlirough themedium of the tri ger? safeties preventing the-ordinary project thus be seen 'thatitl lere are two I i tion of the firing pin even after it has been retracted, one of these safeties being the member 95, and the other the latch 41, and that these safety locks can only be shifted to an inoperative position by the rotation of the finger piece 92 and the holding of the finger piece in its shifted position by the grasp of the hand on the hilt of the sword. Vhen this finger piece has been so shifted and held it is then possible to fire the pistol as many times as desired by the actuation of the trigger, the recoil of the pistol acting to carry the breech block back to the position shown in Fig. 5 and again engage the tooth 36 with the extremity of the sear 63, the

' breech block being again shifted to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 4 or Fig. 3,

' by the actuation of the spring 54.

In order to prevent the accidental firing of the gun when in its scabbard by pressure on the trigger, assuming that the setting yoke composed of the cross bar 49 and the rod 45 has been operated accidentally, I mount upon the exterior of the hilt a housing 101 within which is disposed, as illustrated in Fig. 2, a sliding bolt 102 which is impelled to a forwardly projecting position by means of a spring 103, this spring bearing at its forward end against a lu 104 and at its rear end against the guard 8 of the trigger. The rear end 'of this bolt '102 is beveled and when the sword is placed within its scabbard, the end of the scabbard contacts with this bolt, and forces it rearward so that it comes beneath the trigger, as illustrated in Fig. 2. When the bolt is forced beneath the thumb piece of the trigger, as in Fig. 2, it prevents the depression'of the trigger by the thumb and the consequent firing of the gun.

In order to provide for the ejection of the spent cartridge after firing, the side wall of the hilt just rearward of the forward end of the guard, as illustrated in Fig. 6, is formed with an opening 105 normally closed by the imperforate wall of the slide 18. This slide, however, is formed with an ejection opening 105 (see Fig. 8) and the wall of the slide carries a resilient strip 106, constituting a retractor (see Fig. 24) formed with a small detent tooth 10.7 at its extremity which engages with the rimof the cartridge. Now

when the slide is forced back by the recoil it carries the firing head back and carries with it the retractor' 106 and this carries back with it the cartridge. When the parts have reached the position-shown in Fig. 5, a new cartridge is forced up into the firing chamber and this new cartridge displaces the empty shell and forces it out through the openings 105 105.

In order to prevent the firing of a cartridge unless the latter is seated firmly in the firing chamber, I form the inner face of the slide 18 rearward from the breech block the slide 18 cannot return to its proper position and, as a consequence, the dog 79 is held up by the spring 83 (as in Fig. 22) and the lug 80 engages with the shoulder 81, preventing the downward movement of the sear. A manual actuation of the sear is prevented by the fact that the dog 79 must be moved downward as well as the sear and this; dog 7 9 has a relatively long surface in contact with the spring 83 and, therefore, considerable power is required'in order to flatten out the spring as well as shift the sear.

It will be noted that the'bed or cradle 17 is formed on its forward end with a solid portion 110 having a bore 111 into which the forward wall of the opening made for the reception of the upper end of the maga-' This forward wall is zine frame engages. beveled as at 112' (see Fig. 5) and the rear wall of the bore is extended downward as at 113. The upper end of the magazine frame is formed with a tongue 114 which is adapted to be inserted upward in front of ra'lity of openings 115 whereby the number p of cartridges in the magazine may be determ1ned and whereby it may be seen whether or not the magazine needs refilling. The

forward end of one side wall of the slide 18 is extended as at 116 (see Figs. 7 and 8) so as to lie along and against the side face of the blade 10 and the lower edge of this extension is formed with a lug 117 constituting a seat for the projected end of the barrel. The side walls of the slide, as shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 9, are formed with grooves 118 engaging ribs 119 formed on the bed 17. This bed is, of course, rigid and attached tothe frame of the hilt in any suitable manner.

It is to be understood that many of the details of construction may be changed if desired to suit the various exigencies of manufacture and I do not wish to be limited to the manner in which the housing on the sword blade is constructed as it is obvious that this may be changed so as. to permit the ready assembly or change of the mechanism within the housing. without departing from the spirit of the invention. While I have illustrated the frame holding the firing mechanism as made in two pieces, 1t is obvious that it might be made in one piece 1f so desired.

The details of the operation have been heretofore described but the eneral operation may be recapitulated. grdinarily the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4:, no cartridge being in the barrel 14:, and the firing in being in its forward position. Now i it be desired to use the pistol, the rod 45 is retracted by means of the yoke until the firing in 34: is an aged by the latch 41 and the u 36 on the ring pin has been engaged by t e sear 63'. The retraction of the firin pin and of the slide 18 rmits a cartri e to be forced upward into the space in rent of the breech block and the release of the rod 45 causes the breech block to move forward with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position the firing of the pistol is prevented until the finger piece 92 is shifted from its position shown in Fig. 21 to an opposite position. This releases the safety latch 41 and then a pressure on the trigger 77 will release the sear and the spring 38 will cause the firing pin to be projected against the cartridge. The recoil of the explosion will cause the slide 18 to 'move rearward together "with the firing pin and the shell will be ejected in the usual manner while a new cartridge passes into the firing chamber.

The firing pin is caught by the sear but the slide returns to the position shown in Fig. 8 ready for firing the pistol again by another pressure on the trigger 77.. If the last cartridge remains in t .e'barrel unexploded and a new magazine clip is inserted in the mag azine holder or frame, there is no necessity of again retracting the rod &5. If, however, the last'cartridge has'beenfired and automatically ejected, then in order to reset the firing mechanism 'it'is necessary to retract the rod 4:5. If the sword is returned to its scabbard with the firing pin in the position shown in Fig. 3 and a cartridge in the chamber, the pistol cannot be accidentally fired because of the safet forced rearward an beneath the trigger 77, as shown in Fig. 2. As before stated, the pistol cannot be fired when the sword is in its scabbard unless the hilt is grasped and the member 92 shifted a ainst the force of the spring 89 and held in its shifted position the grasp of the hand on the sword.

b Tllen the pistol may be fired by pressure upon the trigger. The pistol cannot be fired, however, unless the cartridge is firmly seated in the barrel because of the mechanism illustrated in Figs.22 and 23.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A. sword having a hilt, a pistol barrel lock 102 which will be means disposed 1n the hilt, a trigger, and

scabbard operated means for preventing the actuation of the firing means.

2. A sword having a hilt, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, firing means disposed within the hilt and including an exposed trigger having a laterally disposed thumb piece depressible to release the firing mechanism, a housing, a sliding bolt mounted in the housing, a spring normally projecting the bolt away from the trigger and in position to be engaged by the Scabbard, said bolt when engaged by the scabbard being forced inward beneath the thumb piece of the trigger and preventing its actuation.

3. A sword blade having a hilt extending in line with the blade, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, firing mechanism disposed within the hilt, a safety lock preventing the actuation of the firing mechanism, and means for shifting the safety lock to an inoperative position comprising a member mounted upon the face of the hilt and shiftable by the grip of the hand upon the hilt and when so shifted rendering the safety mechanism inoperative.

4. 'A sword having a hilt, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, firing mechanism disposed within the hilt, a sa ety lock preventlng the actuation of the firing mechanism, and means for shifting the safety lock to an inoperative position comprising a member mounted u on the inside of the hilt shiftable transverse y thereto and when so shifted rendering the safety mechanism inoperative,

said member being adapted to be held in this last named position by the grasp of the hand on the hilt.

5. A sword having a hilt, a' pistol barrel.

'mounted on the hilt, firing means disposed in the hilt and including a trigger, and a shiftable member disposed normally out of engagement with the trigger but adapted to be engaged by the scabbard of the sword and forced into engagement with the trigger to prevent the actuation thereof.

, 7. A sword blade having a. hilt extending in line with the blade, a pistol barrel m0unted within the hilt, firing mechanism disposed within the hilt, a trigger, a magazine actuation of the firing mechanism when the 'hilt is grasped and contracted on the hilt.

8. In a firearm, a hollow handle, a barrel 3 engaged therewith, firing mechanism disposed within the hollow handle, and means for preventing the actuation of the firing mechanism unless the handle isgrasped and including a pivotal transversely shiftable member mounted on the inner face of the handle adapted to be held in an inoperative position by the grasp of the hand on the handle.

9. A sword having a hilt, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, firing .mechanism disposed within the hilt, and including a man ually operable trigger, and means foripreventing the actuation of the firing mechanism unless the hilt is grasped, including a. member disposed in a recess in the hilt, said member being pivotally mounted and yieldtracted, and manually operable means on the ingly urged to a projected position beyond the face of the hilt, but shifted to an inoperative position within the face of the hilt by the grasp of the hand on the hilt.

10. A sword having a hollow hilt, a guard,

a-pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, and firing mechanism disposed within the hilt and including a pivoted trigger having a thumb piece disposed upon one said face of the hilt and movable parallel to the adjacent face of the hilt.

11. An arm having a hollow handle, a pistol barrel mounted therein, a breech block disposed. within the hollow handle, a spring actuated firing pin mounted in the breech block, manually operable means for retracting the breech block and the firing pin from the barrel, the extremity of the firing pin being formed with a detent, a trigger operatively engaging the firing pin and holding it in a retracted position, a latch disposed within the handle and adapted to engage the detent on the firing pin to hold the pin rehandle for shifting the latch from its engagement with the firing pin whereby the trigger may thenv be operated to release the firing pin.

12. A sword having a hollow hilt, a pistol barrel mounted therein, a slide carrying a breech block disposedin the hilt behind the barrel, a spring urging the breech block to closed position, a spring actuated firing pin mounted in the breech block, means for manually retracting the slide and the firing pin, means for holding the firing pin in retracted position, a trigger operated means for releasing the last named means, additional means for holding the firingpin in retracted position, and means ion the hilt shiftable by the hand into position to release said second named holding means.

13. A sword having a hollow hilt, and a guard, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, a slide mounted in the'hilt and carrying a breech block movable toward and away from the barrel, a spring urging the slide with the breech. block againstthe barrel, a firing pin mounted in the slide and having an extension formed with a tooth, a spring urging the firing pin through the breech block, a trigger releasable, sear engageable with the firing pin to hold it in its retracted position, a safety lock engageable with the toothed extension of the firing pin, and means mounted on the hilt of the sword facing the guard whereby to release saidlast namedsafety lock. v

14. In a firearm, a hollow handle, a barrel, a slide carrying a breech block movable toward or from the barrel, a spring urging A handle and having a member projecting.

therefrom upon the inner face of the handle and adapted to be rotated and held in-its' rotated position by the grasp of the hand I on the handle, mechanism actuatedby the rotation of said shaft acting to' release the pivoted locking member from its engage ment with the firing pin extension, and

. means for manually retracting the slide and the firing pin to carry the latter into engagement with the pivoted locking device.

15. A sword having a hilt, a pistol barrel mounted in the hilt, firing mechanism disposed in the hilt and including a trigger, and means for preventing the operation of the firing mechanism unless the 'hilt 'is grasped and including a shaft extending along the inner face of the hilt, a spring urging the shaft in one direction, and a radially projecting member mounted on the shaft and exposed upon the face of the hilt and adapted to be transversely and rotatablv' shifted by the hand on" the hilt and held in its shifted and inoperative position against the force of the spring.

16'. In a firearm, a bedpiece having a plurality of transverse grooves open at one end, a barrel having ribs upon its rear end engageable With said grooves and thereby engaged with the bed,- a slide having sliding engagement with the bed piece andcarrying abreech block engageable with the rear ,end of the barrel, a guide mounted upon therear end of the bed piece, a firing pin having its forward end mounted within the breech block and having a rearward extension passing through said guide on the bed piece, a spring urging the firing pin into a projected position, means for retracting the firing pin and slide, and a trigger releasable means for holding the firing pin in its retracted position.

17. A sword having a hollow hilt, a pistol barrel mounted therein, a slide partly surrounding the barrel and movable through the hilt and formed'witha breech block, a spring urging the slide to a position with its breech block against the rear end of the barrel, :1 firing pin mounted in the breech block and normally projecting therethrough,

a spring urging the firing pin to a projected position, means for manually retracting the slide and firing pin, trigger releasable means for retaining the firing pin in its retracted position, but permitting the forward movement of the breech block relative to the firing pin, a magazine forming part of the sword guard and discharging into the space between the breech block and the barrel when the breech block is retracted, means in the magazine for urging cartridges into said space when the breech block is re tracted, andmeans for extracting the spent cartrid es.

18. firearm having a hollow handle, a barrel mounted on the forward end of the handle, a recoil operated slide mounted in and longitudinally movable through the handle and formed with a breech block, a

' firing pin mounted in the breech block and normally projecting therethrough, a spring urging the slide into position with its breech block against the rear end of the barrel, a spring urging the firing pin to its projected position, manually operable means for initially retracting the slide and firing pin, trigger releasable means for holding the firing pin in its retracted position, but permitting the projection of the breech block, and a safety lock engageable with the firing pin when it is retracted and preventing the projection of the firing pin but manually releasable by the action of the trigger to permit the projection of the firing pin.

19. A firearm including a hollow handle, a barrel, a recoil operated slide mounted within the hollow handle and formed with a breech block, a spring urging the breech block against the barrel, a firing pin mounted in the breech block and normally projecting therethrough, a spring urging the firing pin to its projected position, a trigger releasable means-for holding the firing pin in its retracted position, and means preventing the release of said holding Ineans until the slide has moved snugly against the end of the barrel,

20. A firearm including a hollow handle, a barrel, a recoil operated slide mounted within the hollow handle and including a breech block, a spring urging the slide through, a spring urging the firing-pin to p its projected position, a trigger releasable means for holding the firing pin in its re-- tracted position, means preventing the release of said holding means until the slide has moved snugly against the end of the barrel and including a member carried by the slide, a locking device operating in connection with the trigger operated mechanism shifted into operative position by a retractionof the slide but released from its operative position by the movement of the said slide and the said member forward to its full extent.

21. A sword having a hollow hilt, a housing forming part of the hilt and disposed on one side of the sword blade, a barrel mounted in the housing, a bed upon which the barrel is mounted and extending rearward from the barrel, a slide partly surrounding the barrel and slidably mounted upon the bed and having a tubular breech block, a firing pin mounted in the tubular breech block and having a rearward extension, a spring bearing at one end against a projection on the bed and at the other end bearing against the firing pin and urging it to a'projected position, a slide retracting rod extending longitudinally through the hilt to the butt end thereof and operatively connected to the slide, a spring acting to shift the rod and slide to its projected position, a yoke connected to the rod and disposed at the'butt end of the hilt whereby the rod and the slide may be retracted to initially set the firing mechanism, a scar engaging the firing pin when the slide and firing pin are retracted and holding the firing pm in its retracted positioma trigger mounted upon the hilt adjacent the guard and depressible by the thumb, an intermediate mechanism actuated by the trigger for releasing the sear to permit the projection'of the firing pin.

22. A combined sword and pistol, the sword having a hollow hilt, the pistol barrel being mounted in the hilt, a breech block mounted in the hilt and shiftable rearward by the recoil, a spring urging the breech block against the barrel, :1 spring actuated firing pin mounted in the breech block, a trigger releasable sear engageable with the firing pin when the latter is retracted and holding it retracted while the breech. block moves forward, and means for initially retracting the breech block and thereby the firing pin.

23. A combined sword and pistol, the sword having a hollow hilt, the pistol barrel being mounted in the hilt, a breech block mounted in the hilt and shiftable rearward by the recoil, a' spring urging the breech block against the barrel, a spring actuated ing pin mounted in the breech blockyla v trigger releasable sear engageable with the V operable means disposed on the inside of the hilt for releasing said last named locking the screw threaded member. engages, and a I means. a

24. A combined sword and pistol, the

- sword havinga' hollow hilt, the pistol bar-- rel being mounted in the hilt a breech block mounted in the hilt and shittable rearward.

-by the recoil, a spring urging thev breech block against the barrel, a spring. actuated firing pin mounted in the breech block, a trigger releasable sear engageable with the firing in when the latter is retracted, means for inltially retracting-the breech block and 1 the firing pin, means for locking the firing pin in its retracted positiong manually operable means disposed on the inside" of the hilt for releasingmsaid last named locking means'and inclu g a rotatable shaft havmg radlauy Projecting ember exposed upon the inner face of the sword hilt, a v

screw threaded member carriedby'the shaft, a longitudinally movable slide with which finger projecting from the slide and when V retracted o eratively engaging said lockin devicetoli tt it and release it from its en gagement wlth the firing pin. V

' In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KRAS'NODEMSKI. V

- Witnesses:

JOHN Gonsm, HENRY SCHWISTER. 

